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Tjurin, Petra; Niemelä, Maisa; Kangas, Maarit; Vähä-Ypyä, Henri; Sievänen, Harri; Jämsä, Timo; Korpelainen, Raija – Measurement in Physical Education and Exercise Science, 2019
The purpose of this study was to describe the accelerometry-based characteristics of overall sedentary behavior (SB) and sitting among adults under free-living conditions. Thirty-six (mean age 47.6 years) volunteers carried a waist-worn accelerometer for =4 days with data =600 min/d during 14 consecutive days. A machine learning (ML) based method…
Descriptors: Adults, Physical Activity Level, Measurement Equipment, Behavior Patterns
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Fernandez-Santos, Jorge R.; Gonzalez-Montesinos, Jose Luis; Ruiz, Jonatan R.; Jiménez-Pavón, David; Castro-Piñero, Jose – Measurement in Physical Education and Exercise Science, 2018
The purpose of this study was to analyze the kinematic variables that determine the performance of the standing long jump in children 6- to 12-years-old. There were 121 healthy children (58 girls) recorded while they performed the standing long jump test. All kinematic variables showed a significant correlation with calculated jump distance and…
Descriptors: Children, Preadolescents, Mechanics (Physics), Motion